Black politics in the United States / Huey L. Perry and Wayne Parent -- A Theoretical analysis of national black politics in the United States / Huey L. Perry -- Black political attitudes and behavior in the 1990s / Wayne Parent and Paul Stekler -- Jesse Jackson's campaigns for the presidency: a comparison of the 1984 and 1988 Democratic primaries / Mfanya Donald Tryman -- Blacks and presidential politics / Henry B. Sirgo -- Blacks and the national executive branch / Huey L. Perry, Tracey L. Ambeau and Frederick McBride -- The Evolving Congressional Black Caucus: the Reagan-Bush years / Richard Champagne and Leroy N. Rieselbach -- The Supreme court, African Americans, and public policy: changes and transformations / Michael W. Combs -- Black interest groups and the 1982 extension of the voting rights act / Dianne M. Pinderhughes -- Budgets, taxes, and politics: options for African American politics / Lenneal J. Henderson -- The State of Black politics in the United States and implications for the future / Huey L. Perry and Wayne Parent